TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE 70. GENERAL PROVISIONS 71. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 72. PARKING REGULATIONS 73. TRAFFIC SCHEDULES 74.

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1 TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE Chapter 70. GENERAL PROVISIONS 71. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 72. PARKING REGULATIONS 73. TRAFFIC SCHEDULES 74. PARKING SCHEDULES 1

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3 CHAPTER 70: GENERAL PROVISIONS Section Definition Fees for traffic accident reports Penalty DEFINITION. (A) For the purpose of this code, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. VEHICLE. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (B) All other definitions shall be those used in I.C et seq. (`86 Code, 8-1) FEES FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. (A) (1) Fee for accident report. The Wakarusa Police Department shall charge a fee of $5 for each accident report which is prepared for and at the request of any party which sum shall be paid simultaneously in exchange for and upon delivery of the accident report to the person requesting the same. (2) Fee for photographs. The Wakarusa Police Department shall charge a fee of $2 for each photograph requested by any party which pertains to and/or is a part of an accident report requested under division (A)(1) above. (B) Monies collected shall become part of the Accident Report Account of the town addressed in of this code. (`86 Code, 4-9) (Am. Ord , passed ) Statutory reference: Accident report fees, see I.C S-8 3

4 4 Wakarusa - Traffic Code PENALTY. Any person violating any provision of this code for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to

5 CHAPTER 71: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section State law to govern Authority to install traffic-control devices Traffic device violation enforcement Authority to sign one-way streets and alleys Authority to erect stop signs Left-hand turning Intersections where stop required Limitation on turning around Limitation as to weight, size, or use on certain streets Blocking of street or alley prohibited Driving on sidewalk prohibited Regulations when fire apparatus approach Yielding to blind pedestrians STATE LAW TO GOVERN. Unless otherwise provided in this code, all laws, rules, regulations and definitions contained in the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways of the state shall apply within the town. (`86 Code, 8-22) (Ord. 76-3, passed ) Statutory reference: Local authorities to adopt local police regulations, see I.C AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. The Town Council shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals and devices, when and as required under the traffic ordinances of the town to make effective the provisions of the ordinances, and may place and maintain any additional traffic-control devices as it may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of the town or under state law, or to guide or warn traffic. (`86 Code, 8-24) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Statutory reference: Official traffic-control devices, see I.C

6 6 Wakarusa - Traffic Code TRAFFIC DEVICE VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT. No provisions of this code for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator, if at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. (`86 Code, 8-26) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Statutory reference: Local regulations, see I.C AUTHORITY TO SIGN ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS. Whenever any ordinance of the town designates any one-way street or alley, the Town Council shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and the regulations shall not be effective unless the signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited. (`86 Code, 8-27) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Statutory reference: One-way traffic, see I.C AUTHORITY TO ERECT STOP SIGNS. Whenever any provision of this code designates and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the Town Council to place and maintain a stop sign on each and every street. (`86 Code, 8-30) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Statutory reference: Stop and yield signs, see I.C LEFT-HAND TURNING. When signs are erected, giving notice thereof, no person shall make a left-hand turn: (A) At any intersection; (B) From the northbound lane of North Elkhart, into the northerly most entrance of the parking lot situated on the south side of the Northwood Middle School. (`86 Code, 8-14) (Ord. 81-6, passed ; Am. Ord , passed ) Penalty, see S-8

7 Traffic Regulations INTERSECTIONS WHERE STOP REQUIRED. The Town Council is authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazards exist upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to these intersections, and shall erect a stop sign at every place where a stop is required. (`86 Code, 8-31) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) LIMITATION ON TURNING AROUND. The driver of any vehicle shall not turn his or her vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction when entering or exiting from an angle parking position, or to otherwise make a U-turn upon any street. (`86 Code, 8-37) (Ord. 76-3, passed ) Penalty, see LIMITATION AS TO WEIGHT, SIZE, OR USE ON CERTAIN STREETS. Upon those streets or parts of streets upon which limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on the streets, no persons shall operate a vehicle which shall exceed the limitations imposed as to the weight, size, or use thereof. (`86 Code, 8-38) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Penalty, see BLOCKING OF STREET OR ALLEY PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obstruct any street or alley within the town by placing thereon any lumber, wood, timber, building material, wagons, buggies, carts, sleighs or any other articles or vehicles without a permit of the Town Council. (`86 Code, 8-51) (Ord. 5, passed ) Penalty, see DRIVING ON SIDEWALK PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any vehicle on any sidewalk within corporate limits of the town, except in the necessary acts of crossing the same. (`86 Code, 8-52) (Ord. 34, passed ) Penalty, see REGULATIONS WHEN FIRE APPARATUS APPROACH. (A) On the approach of any motor vehicle, apparatus or other vehicle of the Town Fire Department, sounding a bell or siren, the driver of any motor vehicle, motorcycle or other vehicle other than a motor vehicle of the Department shall drive as close as possible to the right hand curb of the street or 2010 S-8

8 8 Wakarusa - Traffic Code thoroughfare and come to a complete stop and shall not follow within 500 feet of Fire Department motor vehicles, apparatus or other vehicles after the aforementioned motor vehicle, apparatus or other vehicle has passed. (B) No motor vehicle, motorcycle or other vehicle, except by direction of the Chief of Fire Department or officer of the Fire Department in charge of a fire at the time, shall approach or park within 500 feet of any fire. (`86 Code, 8-53) (Ord. 48, passed ) Penalty, see Statutory reference: Driving over fire hoses, see I.C Fire apparatus, see I.C YIELDING TO BLIND PEDESTRIANS. Blind pedestrians who hold out horizontally a white cane in the direction they desire to travel over crosswalks on any street, avenue, alley or other public highway in the town or who are accompanied by a guide dog, shall be given the right of way over all pedestrians and vehicles, except those of the Fire Department, and ambulances or emergency calls. (`86 Code, 8-53) Penalty, see S-8

9 CHAPTER 72: PARKING REGULATIONS Section Forty-eight-hour parking limits Stopping, standing, and parking regulations Fifteen-minute parking limits Parking prohibited on or near the Emergency Services Building Signs or markings indicating angle parking Obedience to angle parking signs or markings Lights on parked vehicles Special parking restrictions FORTY-EIGHT-HOUR PARKING LIMITS. No person shall park a motor vehicle on any street within the town limits for a period in excess of 48 hours and any vehicle found to be in violation of this section may be towed at the expense of the owner thereof after a notice shall have been placed on the vehicle in a conspicuous place for a period of 24 hours. (`86 Code, 8-15) (Ord. 81-6, passed ) Penalty, see STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING REGULATIONS. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device in any of the following places: (A) Upon a road within the town which results in obstructing traffic; (B) On a sidewalk; (C) In front of a public or private driveway; (D) Within an intersection; 9

10 10 Wakarusa - Traffic Code (E) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; (F) On a crosswalk; (G) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; (H) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly posted; (I) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; and (J) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping. (`86 Code, 8-16) Penalty, see FIFTEEN-MINUTE PARKING LIMITS. When signs are erected in each parking space giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than 15 minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, excepting public holidays. (`86 Code, 8-17) (Ord. 56, passed ) Penalty, see PARKING PROHIBITED ON OR NEAR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES BUILDING. (A) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, there shall be no parking of any vehicles on the apron areas and parking lot of the Emergency Services Building, except in an emergency, other than vehicles operated by persons on official business at the facility. (B) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. (`86 Code, 8-19) (Ord. 90-2, passed ) Penalty, see SIGNS OR MARKINGS INDICATING ANGLE PARKING. The Town Council shall determine upon which streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign the streets. (`86 Code, 8-33) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53)

11 Parking Regulations OBEDIENCE TO ANGLE PARKING SIGNS OR MARKINGS. Upon those streets which have been signed or marked by the Town Council for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by the signs or markings, and within the lines designated by the signs or markings. (`86 Code, 8-34) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Penalty, see LIGHTS ON PARKED VEHICLES. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked at nighttime upon any street or roadway within a business or residence district where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon the highway, no lights need be displayed upon the parked vehicle. (`86 Code, 8-36) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Penalty, see SPECIAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS. When signs are erected giving notice thereof or when a law enforcement officer has given personal notice thereof, no person shall: (A) Park any unlicensed or junk vehicle on any street in the town at any time; (B) Park his or her vehicle beside a vehicle which is parked next to the curb unless the second vehicle is a commercial vehicle and to so park in order to make commercial deliveries is necessary because of a lack of parking spaces next to the curb; or (C) Park his or her vehicle in a direction which is opposite to the direction of the flow of traffic along that side of the street in the business district. (`86 Code, 8-41) (Ord. 76-3, passed ) Penalty, see Statutory reference: Abandoned vehicles, see I.C

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13 CHAPTER 73: TRAFFIC SCHEDULES Schedule I. Speed limits II. Weight limits III. One-way streets and alleys; no-exit alleys IV. Through streets V. Stop streets VI. Traffic-control signal location VII. Nelson s Parkway regulations VIII. Walk Path regulations SCHEDULE I. SPEED LIMITS. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall not exceed the following designated speeds on the following designated streets or parts of streets. Location Speed Ord. No. Date Passed East Waterford From Walnut to Spring 25 mph East Waterford From Spring to State Road mph East Waterford From Elkhart to Walnut 20 mph Industrial Drive From East Waterford to Nelson s Parkway 30 mph Nelson s Parkway From State Road 19 to Maple Lane 35 mph North Elkhart North Elkhart South Elkhart South Elkhart From Waterford to Sycamore From Sycamore to north town limits From Waterford to Harrison From Harrison to Wabash Avenue 20 mph mph mph mph S-10 13

14 14 Wakarusa - Traffic Code Location Speed Ord. No. Date Passed South Elkhart South Washington From Wabash Avenue to south town limits 35 mph From Wabash Avenue to Sunset Court 20 mph Sunset Court 20 mph Walnut West Waterford From Harrison to Wabash Avenue From Olive to Washington 20 mph mph West Waterford From Elkhart to Walnut 20 mph West Waterford Wildcat Drive (`86 Code, 8-42) Penalty, see From Washington to west town limits From North Elkhart to intersection with parking lot of the Wakarusa Elementary School 35 mph mph S-3

15 Traffic Schedules 15 SCHEDULE II. WEIGHT LIMITS. (A) Those streets and parts of streets described herein are declared to be subject to the limitations as to the weight, size or use thereof as provided. (B) When designated by appropriate signs, no person shall operate a vehicle having a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds upon any of the following streets or parts of streets. Maple Lane Spring Union Location From East Waterford to the point 1,400 feet south thereof From Waterford to Union From Wabash Avenue to Spring (`86 Code, 8-39) (Ord 53-1, passed - -53) Penalty, see 70.99

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17 Traffic Schedules 17 SCHEDULE III. ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS; NO-EXIT ALLEYS. (A) Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys described herein, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited. (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) (B) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no-exit alleys are established and traffic is prohibited from exiting onto certain designated streets from the no-exit alley. Location Special Provisions `86 Code Ord. No. Date All traffic on the east one-half of the east-west alley located one-half block north of West Waterford and running between Washington on the west and Olive on the east shall travel in a one-way direction to the east The north-south alley located midway between Elkhart and Walnut and traversing between Waterford and Sycamore Traffic shall exit only onto Olive Traffic shall not exit on Waterford from the alley a Penalty, see 70.99

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19 Traffic Schedules 19 SCHEDULE IV. THROUGH STREETS. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop at every intersection before entering any of the following streets or parts of streets. Elkhart Harrison High Independent Indiana Avenue Olive Railroad Spring Sunset Wabash Avenue Washington Waterford Location From the north town limits to the south town limits, excepting those intersections where traffic signals are located At Walnut At Walnut At East From Waterford to the end of Indiana Avenue At Harrison At Park At Harrison and Lincoln At Washington From the south town limits to the end of the street, excepting the intersection with Elkhart From Sunset to Waterford From the east town limits to the south town limits, excepting those intersections where traffic-control signals are located (`86 Code, 8-29) (Ord. 76-3, passed ) Penalty, see 70.99

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21 Traffic Schedules 21 SCHEDULE V. STOP STREETS. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles shall stop at the intersection before entering any of the following streets or parts of streets. Location `86 Code Ord. No. Date Passed All streets at alley intersections All traffic traveling east on North Washington entering the point where Washington makes a 90 degree turn to the south, shall come to a complete stop before making the turn to the south Approaching the right angle turn to Wabash Avenue from the east (as Wabash Avenue makes a right-hand, right-angle turn to the north), drivers of all vehicles shall stop before proceeding around the corner Intersection of the alleys which are located one-half block north of East Waterford, and one-half block east of North Elkhart Intersection of Maple Lane and Wabash Avenue from the west direction Intersection of South Walnut and the alley located one-half block south of East Harrison from the north and south direction Intersection of Sycamore and Elkhart from the north and south directions a a North side of High at Independence North side of Sycamore at Olive Railroad at Park South side of Union at Spring Spring at East Washington at Harrison 8-30a Penalty, see S-3

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23 Traffic Schedules 23 SCHEDULE VI. TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL LOCATION. A traffic-control signal shall be located at the following intersection. Elkhart and Waterford (`86 Code, 8-25) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Location

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25 Traffic Schedules 25 SCHEDULE VII. NELSON S PARKWAY REGULATIONS. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, or when two solid parallel yellow lines shall be marked down the middle of a street, drivers of vehicles shall not be permitted to overtake and pass or drive to the left on the following designated streets or parts of streets. Nelson's Parkway Location From State Road 19 to Maple Lane (`86 Code, 8-56) (Ord , passed ) Penalty, see 70.99

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27 Traffic Schedules 26A SCHEDULE VIII. WALK PATH REGULATIONS. (A) Use of Walk Path. Where signs are erected, giving notice thereof: (1) No self-propelled or motorized vehicles shall be permitted on the Walk Path, with the exception of bicycles, tricycles, motorized vehicles for handicapped persons, hover rounds and segways; (2) All users of the Walk Path shall travel at a reasonable speed not to exceed 5 mph; (3) All traffic shall be to the right side of the Walk Path; (4) No equine animals or equine drawn vehicles shall be permitted on the Walk Path; (5) No vehicles, except for maintenance vehicles, shall be parked on the Walk Path, except in the case of emergency; and (6) All vehicles and pedestrians shall yield to street traffic at the point of intersection of the Walk Path with Kemar. (B) Hours. The hours of use of the Walk Path shall be limited to 5:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. (C) Penalty. (1) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to (2) The penalty for an individual s first offense under et seq. shall be a fine of up to $50. The penalty for the second such offense shall be a fine of up to $100. An individual s subsequent offenses may include a penalty up to $200. Alternatively, the penalty for any offense under this subchapter may be a sentence to perform community service in a form to be designated by the enforcing court, with the period of time for such community service to not be in excess of 20 hours for any one offense. (3) Any violation of any of the provisions of this schedule shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300. (Ord , passed ) 2014 S-10

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29 CHAPTER 74: PARKING SCHEDULES Schedule I. No parking zones II. Restricted parking III. Two-hour parking limits IV. Designated streets for angle parking SCHEDULE I. NO PARKING ZONES. No person shall, at any time, park a vehicle upon any of the following described streets or parts of streets. Location Side(s) `86 Code Ord. No Date Passed East Waterford Any portion of any street designated by a yellow painted curb Within a distance of ten feet of any street or alley intersection On either side from Spring to State Road East Waterford Harrison From Walnut to Spring North From Olive to Walnut South Indiana Avenue Indiana Avenue Industrial Drive Within 15 feet of the pavement in the 300 block and 400 block From Waterford to Railroad From East Waterford to Nelson s Parkway East East S-3 27

30 28 Wakarusa - Traffic Code Location Side(s) `86 Code Ord. No Date Passed North Elkhart North Elkhart North Elkhart From Harrison to south town limits From Sycamore north to Orchard Park Drive From Sycamore to north town limits East East West Olive South Spring Spring Sycamore Sycamore Union Wabash Avenue Wabash Avenue Walnut Walnut From Sycamore to Wabash Avenue Within 60 feet of the intersection of Spring with Waterford West West From Waterford to East East From Walnut to Olive North Within 90 feet of the intersection of Sycamore and Walnut South From Wabash Avenue to Spring South On either side between Park and Elkhart From Washington to Ward From Sycamore to Harrison Within 60 feet of the intersection of Walnut with Waterford South and West East West S-9

31 Parking Schedules 29 Location Side(s) `86 Code Ord. No Date Passed Washington Washington Within the first 60 feet south of the intersection of Washington and Harrison All of Washington, both north and south, excluding the north end that runs east and west; West West Waterford West Waterford On either side within the first 60 feet west of its intersection with Walnut From Olive to west town limits South West Waterford Westgate Boulevard Westgate Boulevard From 308 West Waterford west to the town limits Within 132 feet of its intersection with Waterford (County Road 40) Between Waterford (County Road 40) and its intersection with Parkfield Court North East West Penalty, see S-9

32 30 Wakarusa - Traffic Code SCHEDULE II. RESTRICTED PARKING. (A) No person shall park a motor vehicle from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. at any of the following described streets or parts of streets. Location `86 Code Elkhart Between Sycamore and Harrison 8-10 Waterford Between Walnut and Olive 8-11 (Ord. 81-6, passed ) Penalty, see (B) No person shall park a motor vehicle when signs are erected giving notice at any of the following described streets or parts of streets. Wildcat Drive Right-of-way Penalty, see Location Ord. No. North Elkhart to intersection with parking lot of Wakarusa Elementary School Date Passed S-3 Repl.

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34 32 Wakarusa - Traffic Code SCHEDULE III. TWO-HOUR PARKING LIMITS. No person shall park a motor vehicle for a longer period of time than two consecutive hours between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day of the week with the exception of Sunday at any of the following described streets or parts of streets. Elkhart Waterford Location Between Harrison and Sycamore Between Olive and the alley between Elkhart and Walnut (`86 Code, 8-12) (Ord. 81-6, passed ) Penalty, see 70.99

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36 34 Wakarusa - Traffic Code SCHEDULE V. DESIGNATED STREETS FOR ANGLE PARKING. Upon those streets or parts of streets herein described, angle parking only shall be permitted when properly marked or signed for angle parking. Angle parking shall be permitted on the following designated streets or parts of streets. Side(s) Location Elkhart West From Harrison to the first alley north of Waterford Waterford South From Olive to the first alley east of Elkhart (`86 Code, 8-35) (Ord. 53-1, passed - -53) Penalty, see 70.99

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